secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-043821
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab enters $4.75B term loan to finance Frigeo acquisition
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- $4.75B unsecured delayed draw term loan to finance acquisition of Frigeo Holdings and repay its existing debt.
- Interest rates based on Term SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR, or Base Rate plus margins of 0.75%-0.875%.
- Ticking fee of 0.06%-0.08% per annum during accrual period, based on Ecolab's credit ratings.
- Financial covenant requires minimum interest expense coverage ratio tested quarterly.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465926043821/0001104659-26-043821-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465926043821/ecl-20260410x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-043821

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